On Monday, September 26, 2022, hundreds of trucks loaded with apples were halted on the Kashmir highway for a longer period. As a result, fruit growers of the Kashmir protested against the disruption of the traffic, as they claimed that the halting of trucks leads them to major sufferings. Leader of PDP Mehbooba Mufti blamed the BJP government behind the sufferings of Kashmir region and wrote in a tweet, “Halting trucks the on highway is a deliberate attempt by LG to make the people of Kashmir region suffer.”
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Next day, the Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir said that she along with the fruit truck drivers will block Srinagar-Jammu highway national highway, if their vehicles are not allowed a smooth passage. The President of the PDP alleged that the government is trying to do what the Jews did to Palestine by shutting them down economically.
Beside the PDP leader, the leader of AIMIM, Asaduddin Owaisi, also attacked the BJP government by quoting the NDTV report and held the abrogation of article 370 as the main reason behind the violation of the Kashmiris’ rights.
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Our team conducted research to verify if the claim made by the PDP leader and AIMIM leader is true. In our research, through keyword search using Hundreds of apple trucks stranded on the Kashmir highway, we came across a report by Hindustan Times. As per the report, the police officer stated that the trucks are halted due to the rain which resulted in the shooting of the stones over the highway.
The police officer added that they cannot endanger anyone’s life and that they are hoping that the problem will be resolved soon. The NHAI has been tasked with handling the situation quickly.
Our further research led us to the report by Indian Express. According to the report, the traffic police said that as per the details provided by the National Highway Authority of India on September 1, 45,923 vehicles, including 17,631 apple trucks, had been transported from Srinagar to Jammu through the tunnel. In addition, he added that Qazigund had a backlog of about 2,500 trucks, while trucks had once more moved from Srinagar to Jammu on Monday.
The police official further explained that the primary priority was given to releasing the apple trucks from the gridlock at Qazigund, and as a result, no fruit trucks were left there for more than two days. False claims and propaganda has been spread by legal interest.
As a result, the aforementioned information reveals that the claim made by PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti and AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi is false and intended to mislead the public. The vehicles were stuck on the Kashmir route due to a natural reason that slowed down the traffic. As soon as the traffic cleared, the trucks were later released.
| Claim | BJP government are taking away the rights of the Kashmiris | |
| Claimed by | PDP president Mehbooba Mufti followed and the AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi | |
| Fact Check | Misleading |
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